Just back from Monaco, the tiny principality famously dubbed ‘a sunny place for shady people’ by Somerset Maugham. Pierre Zimmermann, the biggest sponsor of all time, holds his highly prestigious European Winter Games and Cavendish Trophy there on alternate years. This year it was the turn of the Winter Games, a wonderful feast of bridge. The main Teams event was won after ten days and hundreds of boards by Pierre himself (playing with long-time partner Franck Multon), Sjoert Brink and Bas Drijver from Holland and Michal Klukowski and Piotr Gawrys from Poland, all world champions.
On today’s deal from the last set of the 60-board final, Sjoert produced a stunning piece of declarer play to gain his side a huge swing. (See diagram).
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